The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book. You can't judge a book from its cover". True, except when a book and its cover are involved. But of course.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

The plaintiffs are authors of books, who, as per US copyright law, have registered copyrights in the books they published. Even if the plaintiffs did not consent to the use of their copyrighted books as training dataset, their copyrighted materials were ingested and used to train ChatGPT.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In short, it’s claiming that Chegg, in many cases, either directly copies the content or creates a thinly veiled derivative work based upon it, both of which are violations of copyright law. Not Covered by Copyright: This is a likely argument where just the answers are presented.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

The author plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI infringed on their published works by using these works to help train its LLM. The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. East Coast Foods, Inc., 3d 1148.

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BYU Copyright Blog

MAY 24, 2022

Sometime after this, Pepperdine allegedly took the Photo without authorization, cropped it, and used it as the cover of "The Orange Book: 2021 Academic Planning Guide" (the "Guide") a publication of the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2023

In their lawsuit filed in June , book authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad accused OpenAI of direct and vicarious copyright infringement, among other things. “The books aggregated by these websites have also been available in bulk via torrent systems. Derivative? ” the authors wrote. .”

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LexBlog IP

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. Berkovitz alleged that the Defendants infringed his exclusive right to reproduce, make copies, distribute, or create derivative works by publishing the midterm exam and final exam on the Course Hero Website without permission.

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McBayer IP Blog

APRIL 15, 2022

Of course, buying a copy of a book, no matter how rare, does not grant you the copyright or license to its contents. Of course, buying a copy of a book, no matter how rare, does not grant you the copyright or license to its contents. But if purchasing a creative work does not give you rights to reproduce it, what does?

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

The lawsuit claimed that the site was offering illegal downloads of their books and specifically targeted two Ukrainian nationals as the operators. Finally today, The Associated Press reports that, with the new year, several prominent works are lapsing into the public domain including the Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises and A.A.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

All copyrights, except one, expire.*. Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. Copyright law in the U.S.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition, the original images scanned into those databases, unlike Google’s display of book snippets, are never shown to end users. This arguably makes the use of copyrighted works by by Stable Diffusion even more transformative than Google Book Search. The Copyright Act Definition is Broad, But. You’d be wrong.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

They accuse OpenAI of using books as training data, without permission, relying on datasets that were sourced from pirate sites. Fair use is a defense that is typically not used to dismiss copyright infringement claims before they’re properly argued. copyright law.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

There was a recent story that is an instructive lesson in copyright law that has application to the NFT market. The article titled “Cryptobros spent $3 million on Dune book, believing it gave them copyright. nThe book and the copyright ownership are two distinct things.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Plating is in itself an art and in this article, we will discuss whether the Indian copyright law protects how a dish is presented by a chef. Originality Though the term or concept of ‘originality’ is not defined under the Act, Section 13(a) specifies that the work should be ‘original’. Judgment | Law | CaseMine [4] 17 U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. ” The Court then turned its attention to the various claims beginning with the vicarious copyright infringement claim. East Coast Foods, Inc., 3d 1148. .”

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Veteran investigative reporter Bob Woodward conducted an audio interview of former President Donald Trump for Woodward’s book, Rage. Trump claims that Woodward did not have his permission to release these audiotapes as a separate audiobook, and sued Woodard and his publisher for, among other claims, copyright infringement.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2024

Copyright and technology are not enemies, but instead can work together when there is respect for the copyright laws that encourage creation of the trusted content that technologies require. GenAI systems use copies of content like books and articles, many of which are protected by copyright, for training their LLMs.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I’m talking about section 113(c) , which allows photographs of useful articles incorporating copyrighted works to be made and used without violating copyright law. Rather than simply defend (or settle) Vila’s copyright claim, Deadly Doll filed a counterclaim, asserting that Vila was the true infringer.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works. These rights generally include the rights to reproduce, distribute, perform, publish and create derivative works.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

.” OpenAI claimed that the authors “misconceive the scope of copyright, failing to take into account the limitations and exceptions (including fair use) that properly leave room for innovations like the large language models now at the forefront of artificial intelligence.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Regardless, as of this writing there are now five cases that may provide some clarity on this less frequently discussed but foundational issue of the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for AI (I use “AI” here as a shorthand which also includes text and data mining and machine learning). Case 1- Doe 1 v.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link]. In addition, conduct that may be consistent with the copyright laws nevertheless may violate Section 5. That is far too hasty.

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Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Copyright Infringement 96

Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? The first thing that’s important to understand is that buying a copy of a creative work, even if it happens to the only copy in existence, doesn’t give you any copyright interest in the work. That is one expensive book.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Plaintiffs hit back, noting that OpenAI hasn’t moved to dismiss the “core claim” in the lawsuits—direct infringement by OpenAI—and arguing that “substantial similarity” is irrelevant because OpenAI copied their works wholesale, without permission, in order to make ChatGPT work.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Jakub Wyczik (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of copyright subsistence criteria. Human author It is well known that copyright protects products of the human mind (see Feist v.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Often, copyright owners and users have to analogize to works as diverse as music and books when assessing whether something is fair use, and a Supreme Court case regarding visual works could be helpful in developing law more specific to that oeuvre. . federal copyright law)?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. How your AI interacts with data can have significant legal implications.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. How your AI interacts with data can have significant legal implications.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Veteran investigative reporter Bob Woodward conducted an audio interview of former President Donald Trump for Woodward’s book, Rage. Trump claims that Woodward did not have his permission to release these audiotapes as a separate audiobook, and sued Woodard and his publisher for, among other claims, copyright infringement.

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Copyright Copyright Infringement Publishing Derivative Work 52

IPilogue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In Japan, cosplay can be a fruitful endeavour, with successful professional cosplayers earning upwards of $90,000 a month from public appearances, merchandise, photo books, and more. Luckily for most cosplayers, their costumes likely do not infringe copyright laws. Unfortunately, laws around fanfiction and fanart are not clear.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. Wagging Tails contends that these materials are “unauthorized and infringing derivative works” based on its motion picture. We cannot agree. ” Joseph Burstyn, Inc.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

performances of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”) or other derivative works that might compete with Netflix’s own planned live events,” including the multi-city “ Bridgerton Experience.” First, as far as copyright cases go, this one’s easy. Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. , 1962, 1976 (2014).

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